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In working over this species two years ago it became apparent to 

 me that birds from central and southern Florida have shorter wings 

 than those from elsewhere in the range, but it seemed desirable to 

 check this with additional material from North Carolina and South 

 Carolina, which is now at hand. The two races will stand as follows : 



Dryobates borealis borealis (Vieillot) : 



Picus borealis Vieillot, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de TAindrique septen- 

 trionale, vol. 2, 1807, pi. 66, pi. 122 ("dans le nord des fitats-Unis" ; type 

 locality hereby designated as Mount Pleasant, S. C). 



Wing longer. 



Measurements. — Thirty-one males, wing 116.1-123.7 (119.2"), tail 

 68.2-80.5 (74.7), culmen from base 20.7-22.9 (21.7), tarsus 18.9-22 

 (19.8") mm. 



Thirty -two females, wing 116.0-123.3 (118.9), tail 69.2-81.3 

 (76.2^2)^ culmen from base 19.7-22.6 (21.0"), tarsus 18.4-22 

 (20.6^-) mm. 



The locality indicated by Vieillot for this bird is obviously un- 

 certain, but so far as I have ascertained it has never been corrected. 

 The type locality therefore is designated as Mount Pleasant, opposite 

 Charleston, S. C. 



Three names other than borealis applied to this woodpecker refer 

 to the northern form. Picus querulus Wilson " is described as from 

 North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, these States being within 

 the range of typical borealis. Picus vieilloti Wagler ^^ is merely a 

 new name for the adult male of Vieillot's Picus borealis. Picus leucotis 

 Lichtenstein ^^ is a new name for Picv^ querulus Wilson. 



The typical form ranges from northern Florida (Overstreet, Milton, 

 Farmdale, Apalachicola, and Welaka) to Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, 

 Tennessee, and North Carolina. Specimens reported from Kentucky 

 and Virginia are presumed to belong here on geographical grounds. 



As the bird from the peninsula of Florida is without a name it may 

 be known as 



Dryobates borealis hylonomus, new subspecies: 



Similar to Dryobates borealis borealis (Vieillot) but wing ap- 

 preciably shorter. 



Type.—V.S.^M. No. 152081, male, from 7 miles southwest of 

 Kissimmee, Fla., collected March 19, 1896, by Robert Ridg\vay. 



Description. — Upper parts black, the crown glossy black, with the 

 hindneck, back, and wings faded to fuscous; a red spot on each side 



" Thirty .specimens. 



" Thirty-one specimens. 



^ Thirty specimens. 



** American ornithology, vol. 2, 1810, p. 103, pi. 15, fig. 1. 



" Systema avium, 1827, Picus, sp. 20. 



^ Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums . . ., 1823, p. 12. 



